DSO Championship Show 2025

 

We filmed First Level Tests 1&2 for the DSO Championship show and I was quite pleased with our scores and placings.  Test 1 was definitely better than the first time we did it this year and I thought the scoring and comments were spot on.  See it HERE if you’re interested.

Test 2 was not quite as good as the first time we attempted it. Our canter transitions were not as accurate and that hurt our score a bit.  The good news is that we got honest to God canter lengthens, the bad news is our canter transitions up and down suffered in consequence.  See it HERE if so inclined.

We placed 1st in Test 1 and 2nd in Test 2 which was quite nice.  I feel like, as a learning experience, you can’t beat DSO for the price.  Tons of useful feedback and comments from at least an L judge.  Not the same level of stress as showing in person but a really good metric for how the training is going.  Next up continuing our weekly field trips and a lot of work to gain more suppleness at the canter before we tackle First Test 3 and the dreaded counter-canter loop.